Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18818872 - D.L.D. Associates Limited Partnership

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 18818872

Report ID: 0352450

Date Opened: 02/04/1988

Site Address:
D.L.D. Associates Limited Partnership
7401 Assateague Drive
Jessup, MD 20794

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: FollowUp

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 08/03/1988

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/24/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360617518
Inspection	18857938

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1		1			2
Current Violations	1		1			2
Initial Penalty	$695	$0	$980	$0	$0	$1,675
Current Penalty	$520	$0	$735	$0	$0	$1,255
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Repeat	09123503 A 4 B	09/29/1988	10/02/1988	$735	$980	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001A	Serious	09123503 A 4 CII	09/29/1988	10/02/1988	$520	$695	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	02001B	Serious	09123503 A 5 D	09/29/1988	10/02/1988	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 825570

Event: 05/07/1988

Employee suffers asphyxia when overcome by vapors in tank

At approximately 5:45 p.m. on May 7, 1988, Employee #1 went inside a 6,500 gallon tank car to clean it. He was using a scraper to remove stuck on, paint-like residue from the sides of the tank. Employee #1 left the tank car to retrieve a cleaning solvent called Presolve 1900 that would speed up this time-consuming process. He went back down into the tank car and began swishing the solvent on the sides of the tank. A few minutes later, Employee #1 was overcome by solvent vapors and passed out. The standby man was washing the tank's exterior. It took him 5 to 7 minutes to wash one side of the tank car, during which time he had no communication with Employee #1. After he had finished washing one side of the tank, he went to the top of the tank to check on Employee #1, who he found lying at the bottom of the tank car. The standby went to get help. Company personnel entered the tank and pulled Employee #1 out. Emergency help arrived and Employee #1 was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for asphyxiation and chemical burns to his back and then released. Employee #1 was not wearing either a safety harness and gear or a respirator. In addition, he did not test the tank's atmosphere for oxygen deficiency before he entered and was not in immediate and constant communication with the standby man.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, VAPOR, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, SAFETY BELT, TOXIC FUMES, TANK, RESPIRATOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18818872			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers

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